pub

== Translingual == === Symbol === pub (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Purum. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Purum terms == English == === Pronunciation === (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pʌb/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /pʊb/ Rhymes: -ʌb, -ʊb === Etymology 1 === Clipping of public house. ==== Noun ==== pub (plural pubs) (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pub ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed) (informal, intransitive) To go to one or more public houses. ===== Usage notes ===== Most commonly in the phrase "go pubbing". ==== See also ==== inn off-licence tavern === Etymology 2 === Clipping of public server. ==== Noun ==== pub (plural pubs) (video games, slang) A public server. === Etymology 3 === Clipping of publication. ==== Noun ==== pub (plural pubs) Clipping of publication. registered pubs === Etymology 4 === Clipping of publish. ==== Verb ==== pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed) (informal, transitive) to publish ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 5 === Clipping of publisher. ==== Noun ==== pub (plural pubs) Clipping of publisher. === Anagrams === UPB == Cornish == === Etymology === From Middle Cornish pup, pub, pop, from Proto-Brythonic *pọb, from Proto-Celtic *kʷākʷos. Cognate with Breton pep, Irish and Scottish Gaelic gach, Manx dagh, and Welsh pob. See also peub (“everyone”). === Determiner === pub each, every ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English pub. === Noun === pub c (singular definite pubben, plural indefinite pubber or pubs) a pub ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== værtshus bar kro === References === “pub” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English pub. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʏp/ Rhymes: -ʏp Homophone: pup === Noun === pub m (plural pubs, diminutive pubje n) pub (public house, especially one in the UK or Ireland) Synonym: kroeg ==== Related terms ==== == Finnish == === Alternative forms === pubi === Etymology === From English pub. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpub/, [ˈpub] Rhymes: -ub Syllabification(key): pub Hyphenation(key): pub === Noun === pub pub ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “pub”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == French == === Etymology 1 === Clipping of publicité. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /pyb/ ==== Noun ==== pub f (plural pubs) Television ad or advert ===== Derived terms ===== pause pub pubard === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English pub. ==== Pronunciation ==== (France) IPA(key): /pœb/ (Quebec) IPA(key): /pɔb/ ==== Noun ==== pub m (plural pubs) pub ===== Derived terms ===== resto pub === Further reading === “pub”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English pub. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpab/ Rhymes: -ab === Noun === pub m (invariable) pub === References === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From British English pub (“public house”). === Noun === pub m (definite singular puben, indefinite plural puber, definite plural pubene) a pub Synonyms: bar, kro === References === “pub” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === pøbb (eye dialect spelling) === Etymology === From British English pub (“public house”). === Noun === pub m (definite singular puben, indefinite plural pubar, definite plural pubane) a pub ==== Synonyms ==== bar kro skjenkjestove ølbu === References === “pub” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Alternative forms === pab === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English pub. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpap/ Rhymes: -ap Syllabification: pub Homophones: pap, PAP === Noun === pub m inan pub (public house) Synonym: knajpa Spotkajmy się w pubie o ósmej. ― Let's meet at the pub at eight. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “pub”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “pub”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English pub. === Noun === pub n (plural puburi) pub ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Austrian German Bub, Bube. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pûːb/, /pûb/ === Noun === pȗb or pȕb m anim (Cyrillic spelling пу̑б or пу̏б) (regional) jack, knave in card games ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== === References === “pub”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 “pub”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика [Rečnik srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika, Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање [Second Phototype Edition], volume 5, Novi Sad; Zagreb: Matica srpska; Matica hrvatska, 1973, published 1990, page 282 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English pub. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpab/ [ˈpaβ̞] Rhymes: -ab IPA(key): /ˈpob/ [ˈpoβ̞] Rhymes: -ob === Noun === pub m (plural pubs) pub ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “pub”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English pub. === Noun === pub c a pub ==== Usage notes ==== Suggests an English-style pub, with cozy connotations, etc. Perhaps closest to how pub is used in American English. ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== bar krog nattklubb === References === “pub”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “pub”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === BUP, PBU